Maurice Chevalier
Biography
Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films, including The Love Parade, The Big Pond, The Smiling Lieutenant, One Hour with You and Love Me Tonight. His trademark attire was a boater hat and tuxedo. Chevalier was born in Paris. He made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer at an early age before working in menial jobs as a teenager. In 1909, he became the partner of the biggest female star in France at the time, Fréhel. Although their relationship was brief, she secured him his first major engagement, as a mimic and a singer in l'Alcazar in Marseille, for which he received critical acclaim by French theatre critics. In 1917, he discovered jazz and ragtime and went to London, where he found new success at the Palace Theatre. After this, he toured the United States, where he met the American composers George Gershwin and Irving Berlin and brought the operetta Dédé to Broadway in 1922. He developed an interest in acting and had success in Dédé. When talkies arrived, he went to Hollywood in 1928, where he played his first American role in Innocents of Paris. In 1930, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in The Love Parade (1929) and The Big Pond (1930), which secured his first big American hits, "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight". In 1957, he appeared in Love in the Afternoon, which was his first Hollywood film in more than 20 years. In 1958, he starred with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi. In the early 1960s, he made eight films, including Can-Can in 1960 and Fanny the following year. In 1970, he made his final contribution to the film industry where he sang the title song of the Disney film The Aristocats. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Chevalier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
What's My Line?
1950
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
0Tony Awards
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Oscars
1953
La Chance aux chansons
1984
This Is Your Life
1952
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Cinépanorama
1956
Système 2
1975
Filmography
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest · 1950
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
Tony Awards
as Self - Recipient · 1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 1948
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self · 1956
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
La Chance aux chansons
as Self (archive footage) · 1984
This Is Your Life
as Self · 1952
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
· 1958
Cinépanorama
as Self · 1956
Système 2
as Self (archive footage) · 1975
Startime
as Self · 1959
ABC Stage 67
as Self · 1966
Der Sport-Spiegel
as Self · 1963
Cadet Rousselle
as Self · 1971
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Maurice Chevalier · 1957
The Sorrow and the Pity
as Self (archive footage) · 1969
La Joie de vivre
as Self - Guest · 1952
Gigi
as Honoré Lachaille · 1958
Love in the Afternoon
as Claude Chavasse · 1957
The Century of Icons
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Jessica
as Father Antonio · 1962
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1974
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) · 1976
Max Liebman Presents
as Special Guest · 1954
A Breath of Scandal
as Prince Philip · 1960
Love Me Tonight
as Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin · 1932
The Merry Widow
as Count Danilo · 1934
A New Kind of Love
as Self · 1963
Monkeys, Go Home!
as Father Sylvain · 1967
One Hour with You
as Dr. Andre Bertier · 1932
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage) · 1976
Folies Bergère de Paris
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini · 1935
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage) · 1973
A Royal Affair
as The King · 1949
Monkey Business
as Himself (voice) · 1931
Can-Can
as Paul Barriere · 1960
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage) · 1990
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
as Self · 1932
Just Me
as Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme' · 1950
Pepe
as Maurice Chevalier · 1960
The Love Parade
as Count Alfred Renard · 1929
Count Your Blessings
as Duc de St. Cloud · 1959
100 Years of Love
as Massimo (segment "Amore 1954") · 1954
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage) · 1931
I'd Rather Be Rich
as Philip Dulaine · 1964
Silence Is Golden
as Émile Clément · 1947
Chance at Love
as Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited) · 1964
In Search of the Castaways
as Jacques Paganel · 1962
Make Me a Star
as Maurice Chevalier (uncredited) · 1932
Riviera Dream
as Maurice Chevalier · 1950
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage) · 1984
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage) · 2015
Folies Bergère
as Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini · 1935
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
Black Tights
as Himself / Narrator · 1961
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
as Self · 1968
The Way to Love
as François · 1933
Fanny
as Panisse · 1961
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
as Self - Host · 1962
The Stolen Jools
as Maurice Chevalier · 1931
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage) · 2003
The Smiling Lieutenant
as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn · 1931
Gonzague
as Gonzague / Maurice · 1923
The Great Man: W.C. Fields
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
as Maurice · 1923
My Seven Little Sins
as Comte André de Courvallon · 1954
Paramount on Parade
as Apache · 1930
Show - Charme - Chansons
as Self · 1965
A Bedtime Story
as Monsieur Rene · 1933
Une soirée mondaine
as Momo · 1917
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
· 1914
The Big Pond
as Pierre Mirande · 1930
The Man of the Day
as Alfred Boulard · 1937
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
The Beloved Vagabond
as Gaston de Nerac · 1936
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 1976
Panic Button
as Fontaine · 1964
The Little Cafe
as Albert Lorifian · 1931
Playboy of Paris
as Albert Loriflan · 1930
Paris 1900
as Self (archive footage) · 1948
Personal Column
as Robert Fleury · 1939
With a Smile
as Victor Larnois · 1936
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
as Self - Entertainer (archive footage) · 2021
Schlagerparade
as himself · 1953
Bad Boy
as Louis-Philippe Massoubre · 1923
Break the News
as François Verrier · 1938
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Innocents of Paris
as Maurice Marney · 1929
The Beloved Vagabond
as Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot' · 1936
Jim Bougne, boxeur
as Maurice · 1923
The Merry Widow Waltz
· 1908
Par habitude
as Maurice · 1923